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H. R. CALEF.

BOX,0H'CARTON.

APPLICATION Huis. ocr. s. 1911.

Patente May 20, 1919.

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UNITED' sTATns PATENT onnion.

HARRY R. CALEF, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED STATES WIREVMATCOMPANY, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BOX R CARTON.

To all 'Lv/wm t may Concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY R. CALEF, a citizen of the United States, aresident of Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Boxes or Cartons, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in box or carton, and the principalobject is the 0 provision of a box or carton which may be utilized forthe carrying, shipment and the transportation of articles and also forthe display of the articles.

A further object of this invention is the 5 provision of a box orvcarton made of cardboard or similar material, having a plurality ofslots provided in corresponding parts of the blanks so that when theblanks are assembled, the slots may be utilized to D support thearticles which were transported 5 nation, construction and arrangementof parts hereinafter described and then sought to be defined in theappended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forminga part hereof, and which shows merely for the purpose of illustrativedisclosure, a preferred embodiment of my invention, it being understoodthat various changes may be made in practice within the scope of theclaims without digressing from 5 my inventive idea.

In the drawings:

Figure l represents a perspective view of a box or carton constructed soas to embody my invention, several articles being shown i therein indisplay position.

Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the top blank of the box or carton.

Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the bottom blank of the box or carton.i Referring now to thedrawings, the 11umeral 1 designates the blank forthe top of the box or carton and the numeral 2 the blank for the bottomof the box or carton. These blanks are stamped in theusual form, havingthe end securing lugs 3 fitting in the slots 4 and provided with ythegrooves 5 along which the blanks may be folded, so as to assemble theblanks in the form of a comlete box or carton. While I have shown a i'lank paste board. or card board box or Specification of Letters Patent.Patnted May 20, 1919,

Application filed October 8, 1917. Y

Serial No. 195,334.

carton, it is to be understoodl that I may use a receptacle of anysuitable material'and of any size or shapev or conformation.

At various places near the folded lines or grooves 5, in both the topand bottom blanks for the box or carton, I provide the slots 6. Thesemay be arranged along the side folds and end folds and any number of theslots may be provided according to the relative size of the article tobe carried within the box or carton and also according to the number ofarticles it is Adesired to display. These slots 6 are merely straightslots being the simplest form of carrying out my invention. It is to beexpressly understood that the size and shape of these slots may bevaried according to the uses to which t-he receptacle is to be put, orrather according to the articles it is desired to have displayed.Accordingly I have illustrated other forms of slots, such as thecross-shaped slot 7 and the channel shaped slot 8. In the bottom of thebox I 'may also use achannel shaped slot 9 which provides a flap, asshown. These different forms of slots will permit the ready display ofdevices having larger handles than those shown in Fig. 1 of t-hedrawing.

The box or carton is utilized for the shipment or transportation of the;articles in the first instance, and when received by the dealer or user,the articles may be held in an upright position by passin a portionthereof, through the correspon ing slots in the top and bottom parts ofthe box or carton. In this way, the box or carton forms an eiicient andsimple display stand for the articles which have been shipped therein.

This invention is capable of many uses and for the display of variousarticles, but is particularly adapted for the use of articles havinghandles, such as fly killers, and the like. These have been illustratedin place in the box or carton, but it is to berunderstood that otherYdevices may be displayed and that the .sizes and shapes of the slotsmay be varied to accommodate the articles of different natures, aspreviouslyy described.

The box orA cartonmay be made of cardboard or paste-boardA or any othersuitable material, these materials being merely men-v tioned asillustrative.

What I claim is l l. ,A combined shi ping and displaying box or cartonincluang top and bottom blank portions having means whereby they may beassembled to form the telescopic parts of a complete box or carton, eachof said blank portions having a plurality of slots provided therein andcorresponding in position to each other so that an article may bedisplayed by having a portion thereof passed through the correspondingslots, whereby it is held in an upright display position, the assembledbox or carton being `adapted to contain the articles for shipment.

2. A box or carton of the character described, including top and bottomblank portions having means for folding and assembling the same so thatthey may be telescopically arranged to form a complete box, the topportion being provided with a plurality of slots and the bottom portionbeing provided with a plurality of slots in the side portions thereofcorresponding to the slots in the top portion, whereby articles may bepassed through the slots in the top and in the sides of the bottommember and thus held in a display position.

3. A combined shipping and display receptacle including top, bottom andside portions, said top and side portions having a plurality of slotsprovided therein in corresponding position so that an article may beheld in said receptacle for display by passing a portion thereof throughcorresponding slots in said top and side portions, said receptacle beingadapted to contain the articles for shipment.

4. A combined shipping and display re-l ceptacle adapted to receivearticles for shipment including a top, sides and a bottom, the top beingremovable and havin a plurality of slots provided adjacent t e edgethereof, the sides also having a plurality of slots corresponding inarrangement to the slots in the top, whereby an article will be` held indisplay position when passed through the corresponding slots in the topand sides of the receptacle.

5. A box composed of folded blank top and bottom members, each havingside members extending vertically from the top and bottom surfacesthereof, said top and bottom members being adapted to be telescopicallyarranged relative to each other, a plurality of slots formed in the topportion of said top member and a plurality of slots corresponding to theslots in said top portion, formed in the side portions of said bottommember, said box being adapted to contain articles for shipment ortransportation and said slots providing meansV for displaying thearticles, part of the articles being passed through the correspondingslots in the top portion of the top member and the side portion of thebottom member.

6. A box including a top and bottom member, each having side portionsand adapted to be telescopically arranged to receive articles thereinfor transportation, the side portions of the top member fitting over theside portions of the bottom member, a plurality of slots provided in thetop part of the top member adjacent the edge thereof, a plurality ofslots provided in the side portions of the bottom member correspondingin position to the slots in the top portion of the top member, wherebyarticles may be displayed by passing part thereof through one of theslots in the top portion of the top member underneath the side portionthereof and through the `slot in the side portion of the bottom member.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto affixed my hand this 20th day ofSeptember, 1917.

HARRY R. CALEF.

Gopes of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

